Garbage-bag.



PATENTD JULY 21, 1908.

L. THOMAG' GARBAGE BAG.

.APPLICA-T101! FILED NOV. 28.1906.

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I/I/JTNESSES.- l

Y PATBNTED JULY 21, 1908.

No. 893,759.l

L. THOMAS. GARBAGE BAG. APPLICATION HLED Nov.28.19o6.

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TTORNE VS Vrmiran srAtrns PATENT Orrr`cn`4 LEOPOLD THOMAS, or NEW YORK,N.- Y.

GARBAGE-BAG.

No. scarso.

To allwhomit'may concern.: l' Y Be it'known that I, LEOPOLD THOMAS," a"

citizen of the United States, residing at New simi ar places andaadaptedtoffbe removed'by A `further object is to provide'a water-` the garbagecollector .and destroyed together Awith the contents of the same.'v

`proof bag orfreceptacle having its side and escape of foul odors.

ottom walls reinforced and, its upper end pro` vided with av draw-stringwhereby the mouth of--the bagmay be closed so as to prevent Astillfurther obj ect oi the invention is to generally improve this classof deyicsso as to' increase their efficiency and utility aswell 'as toreduce the cost-of manufacture;

'With these and other objectsinlvieW-thel invention consists 'in the'construction and novel combination and arrangement ofparts "drawingshereinafter fully described, and illustrated 'in the accompanyingdrawings, it being understood that .various changes'in-form, proportionsa'nd minor details of. 'constructionma be' resorted toA within the scopeof the'appen ed clairnshr"v p 'f 1 In theaccompanying drawings formingvapart of this'specilicationzFigure lfis a per.- vspecjtive view offagarbage bag or receptacle' constructed in accordance -with my inven-r`tion'. Figi is'f'a. longitudinal sectional view' of the same.V Fi' 3* isa perspective .Viewv partly in section ius'trating a modified form ofbag. or-receptacle. Fig. 4 is a similar viewA illustrating a furthermodification. A

Similar numerals'ofreference indicate cor-- responding partsin all ofthe iigures of the The improved bag or receptacle comprises (a body'portion preferably formed of a single strip of paper, fabric orOthersuitable material theadjacent longitudinal edges of whichare'ovr-lapped 4and pasted or otherwise secured together to form alap-seam 5, said body portion being provided with. an eXtensipn or flap6 adapted to be folded laterally in' engagement with the side Walls 7 ofthe Specication of Letters Patent. Application le'd November-2B, 1906.Seriel No. 345,497.

` Patented July a1,- 190e.

body portion andwhich constitutes the bottom of the receptacle,'asshown.

The interior walls of the receptacle are coated orfotherwisecovered witha waterroof compound 8 thereby to render the bag impervious to moistureor if desired said receptacle may be formed of water-proof materia'h Y`Arrangedwithin the outer receptacle is an inner or reinforcingreceptacle 9 which preferably extends approximately one-half the hei htofthe side walls ofthe outer receptacle an .serves to reinforce andstrengthen said y `rreceptacle and prevent the escape of liquid.

' .The inner receptacle 9 may be` formed of thin metal butispreferablyconstructed of aV single piece v'of 'water-proof paper, fiber, veneer orsimilar material the entire surface of which isv glued, pasted oryotherwise fas' tened` to, the Vadjacentninner -surface of the outer `bagand madewater tight1 The ad# jacent longitudinal/wedges., of the innerre cept'aclelare over-lapped'-ga`nd secured to the interior'walls ofthefouter rece tacle at a point diametri-cally opposite thev ap-seam 5,

asindicatedat 10,`,but if desired-said inner..

receptacle may be pressed 'l or otherwise formed from a single sheet oftin foil or similar .material thus dispensing with the lap-seam.

By having'the lap-seams of the inner and outer receptacl arranged onoppositeV sides of the bag-or body portion Ktheli uid or semi@ liquidmaterial contained in t eV garbage is eie'ctua-lly prevented fromworking its 'way through the la -seams and escaping'from the ceptacleare `preferably provided aj-gjj. v

plurality of openings, or perforation/555110 f l `spaced inwardly -fromthe mouth'llfofpthe I receptacle and through which is thre'adedtheldrawstring ly2whereby the inouthofv the v receptacle mayv be readilyclosed so1as1: to

prevent the escape of foul odors.

In using the device the receptaclel'isiilldd i l or partly iilled withgarbage and thestring- 12 drawngtight' so fas'to contract the mouth ofthe receptacle and thusform a closure Jfor f the same. The receptacle isthen laced'in aconvenient position' for remova bythe' garba e-collector,said receptacle together4 with t e garbage being carried to thecrematory and destroyed in the usual' manner.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings there is illustrated a modified formof theinvention in which the bag is rectangular in. shape with the adjacentends of the paper or other material forming the bottom of the outer i inshape, .as shown. n

` The receptacle may be made in different receptacle 7 over-lapped at 13and glued or otherwise secured to the inner receptacle 9". The bag orreceptacle shown in Fig. 4 is similar in `constbruction tov that shownin F1' 3 only the side Walls of the former are cyindrical and the bottomthereof circular Having thus described the'invention' whatl A device ofthe class described comprising an elongated flexible outer receptacleformed of a single piece of material the adjacent longitudinal edges ofWhich are over-lapped and united to form a 'lap seam and one end thereofprovided With'a flap adaptedto. be

I folded upwardly at right angles to the lap .seam and fastened to theexterior Walls of the outerreceptacle, said Hap extending the en-Witnesses:

tire Width of the outer receptacle and constituting the bottom of thelatter, there bein perforations formed in the side Walls o the outerreceptacle 'andA spaced inwardly from the mouth thereof, one o f theperform-L' tions piercing the over-lappedl edges of the outerreceptacle, a flexible Water .proof inner 'receptacle permanentlysecured to the bottom and interior Walls of the outer receptacle and.having its adjacent longitudinal edges over-lap ed to orm a la seamarranged diametrical y opposite the ap seam of the outer receptacle,sa1dinnerrece t'acle'being smaller than thel outer rece tac e and ofapproximately one-half the eight of the outerv receptaele, and a drawstring threaded through the perforationsinthe outer receptacle andvengaging alternately the interior and exterior Walls of said'outerreceptacle for normally closing the'mouth thereof,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto affixedmv signature in the presence of tWoWitnesses.

Y LEoPoLD THOMAS.

F. S. THOMAS, THOMAS LARSEN.

